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March 2002

The Marauder

Williamson Middle School

SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST:

Classroom News

Student of the Month

Parenting Teens

Williamson Recreation Committee

Middle School Calendar for March

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Classroom News

Used Clothing Drive

Spelling Bee—Round 2 Results

District Vocal ConcertintheRound

& Art Show

Student of the Month

Parenting Teens

Middle School March Calendar

From Mr. Kissinger……..

Dear Parents,

March promises to be a busy month. Our eighth graders are taking

the English Language A

rts (ELA) assessment on the sixth and seventh

of this month and have been working hard in Ms. Ludwig’s class in

preparation. Me

dieval day, the talent show and music in our schools

are just a few of the many activities taking place during the month.

Time for a little housecleaning. While it is enjoyable to see the

students here early for school, I need to remind parents that thi

s is

unsupervised time. It would be safest for your child to time his or her

walk so that they arrive to the school grounds at

7:30 A.M.

With the pleasant surprise of warm weather recently came inevitable

skateboarders. While this can be a fun and healt

hy physical activity

please remind your child to always wear a helmet and protective gear

at all times. In order to use the sch

ool property for this activity your

child must wait until after 3:00 P.M. and must be wearing the

appropriate gear. While on th

e subject of physical activities please

take some time to look over the exciting opportunities being offered

by the Williamson R

ecreational Committee. Not only are these great

programs for the children of the community but a perfect way for you

as an adul

t to make a difference in their lives. Volunteer to coach,

assist or to simply bring fruit to the games for the participants.

Sincerely yours,

Russell Kissinger

Middle School Principal

MIDDLE SCHOOL MARAUDER

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Miss Brownell’s

Classroom

Many of the world’s interesting facts are found in

math. Numbers and statistics fascinate many. In

our Chapter titled “Whole numbers and Decimals,”

students will round, compare, order, estimate, add,

and subtract numbers and de

cimals from .001 to

999 billion. Students will analyze problems and

strategies, draw pictures and choose an operation to

solve

problems.

Our science focus is the human body.

In this unit information and activities

will be presented on the eight systems

of the body: nervous system,

circulatory system, respiratory system,

digestive system, muscular system, skeletal system,

excre

tory system, and reproductive system.

I would like to recognize classroom stars:

April Bowman

— Behavior

Caleb Burlee

— Cooperatio

Michelle Cahill

— Homework Completion

Luke DeFisher

— Behavior

Ann Ficarra

— Behavior

Jack Inman

— Listening

Kelly Jones

— Helpful, Home

work

Dan Rehor

— Behavior

Ryan Siragusa

— Classroom Behavior

Jeremiah Wackerman

— Cooperation

Noelle White

— Listening

Chelsea Young

— Listening

Darely Trejo

— Enthusiasm

Reading Counts! Rules

It’s Never to Late to Join!

See Ms. Prill for Details

Mrs. Bierer’s

Classroom

Exercising their minds were 9 students in this class

who read for Book

It! minutes. In top fitness for

reading were Tommy Godsey reading 1,205

minutes, Alex Cappon with 1,863 minutes, Nina

Calabresi with a hefty 3,500 minutes for

the month

of January. Two months to go with this particular

reading challenge.

We’ve exercised the body, too, as we learn to touch

a sca

pula with a phalange! Time for that human

body systems study in Science, and two girls, Katie

Johnson and Roxanne Bowman drew v

ery detailed

sketches of the skeletal system to win prizes for

their effort. Muscles are next, and this is quite a

popular stud

y as those cow muscles make pretty

tempting treats in the form of hamburgers.

Nina Calabresi led a celebration of the 100th day

school. That snow day changed the plans a mite,

but we dealt with it in grand style. Less than half

of the school year rem

ains!

Colonial days were times of fun, as well as work,

so we polished off that area with that time period’s

habit of using the

stems of day lilies as bubble

pipes. Now we have crossed the continent on the

Oregon Trail and visited the Whitman’s Mission

—

old neighbor’s from Rushville, you know. Our

nation is dividing economically, politically, and

socially. All of those Yankee f

actories, southern

plantations, money, and slavery issues will soon

bring us to the brink of war within our new nation.

In our

Reading,

A Family Apart

(from the Orphan

Train Series), initiated observations of free and

slave state divisions.

Freedom Cross

ing by

Margaret Goff Clark (from Lewiston, NY)

developed the feelings of northern desires to free

the slaves in spite of the Fug

itive Slave Act.

MIDDLE SCHOOL MARAUDER

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Great Fifth Graders

Meet the

January Book

It Challenge!

Congratulations!

from Mrs. Bierer, Ms.

Brownell, Mr. Holowka, Ms. Luk

e, Mr. Marshall,

and Ms. Prill

The following students are responsible for

reading a minimum of 360 minutes for the

month of January:

Used Clothing Drive

Sponsored by

The Williamson Track Team 2002

Have you cleaned your closet or those dressers

lately? We nee

d your unwanted clothes, shoes,

belts, sneakers, purses, linens, blankets, and drapes.

(Please, no rags or fabric scraps. Your

donation is

not

cut up or shredded.)

The St. Pauly Mission is to get wearable clothing

to people who can use it, here in the U

.S. and

3rd World Countries.

Bring items to:

Breen’s IGA

Wednesday, March 20, 2002

4:00

7:00 pm

Be there RAIN OR

SHINE.

Spelling Bee

Round 2

Results

By Ms. Prill

Eleven Williamson Middle School students

competed orally in the second round of the

Spelling

Bee on February 14, 2002 in the Middle School

Auditorium in front of well wishers.

The top three Williamson scorers,

who will

compete in Round 3 at Hobart College in Geneva,

are:

Spelling Bee cont…

Place:

Kelly Kolyer

Grade 7

Place:

Melissa DeVille

Grade 8

Place:

Claire Herbert

Grade 6

Alte

rnate:

Ashley McCaslin

Grade 7

Ashley and Vanessa Haskins, Nina Calabresi,

Michael Gallagher, Carrie Lergner, Anthony

Miralles and Hayley Hannan were all winners for

trying.

The Bee is able to be offered because of the work,

time and flexibilit

y put forth by teachers: Mrs.

Yackel, Ms. Luke, Ms. Ludwig, Mrs. Bierer, Mrs.

McMahon, Ms. Prill, and Mrs. Hussion.

The PTA:

Mrs. Hurlimann

– refreshments

coordinator

Set

Up:

Mr. Brunswick

All relatives and friends who came to cheer the

contestants.

Students: Who try out for, study, and

take a chance on stage.

Students: Who support their classmates.

Thank You!

MIDDLE SCHOOL MARAUDER

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Student of the Month for March

BookIt! Cont…

LAST NAME

FIRST NAME

MINUTES

Allen

Lukas

555

Alquist

Pierce

1,800

Anselmo

Kayla

425

Bigelow

Bob

1037

Bowman

Autumn

797

Bowman

Roxanne

360

Buckler

Jason

1710

Calabresi

Nina

3500

Cappon

Alex

863

Collins

Michael

516

Darling

Stephanie

360

Denner

Damiene

403

Eaton

Tyler

390

Gobeyn

Jonathan

360

Godsey

Tommy

1205

Hollebrandt

William

360

Istik

Erika

935

Johnson

Katie

3,162

Jones

Kelly

17hrs.20min.

Kingsbury

Stephanie

373

Knataitis

Josh

360

La Comba

Michael

1519

Lergner

Carrie

450

Maroselli

Shelby

2340

Siragusa

Ryan

775

Steurrys

Christie

1080

Storrs

Chelsey

360+

Book It! Cont…

Thompson

Brittany

1080

Trejo

Darely

1391

Turner

Melissa

410

Wackerman

Jeremiah

930

White

Noelle

448

Wood

Jessica

1025

Student

Grade

Teacher

Reason

James Bailey

E. Prill

Improved Effort and Peer Relationships Improving

Nicholas Bianchi

J. Luke

Improved Homework and Class Effort

April Bowman

H. Brownell

Exceptional Effort

Jason Buckler

G. Holowka

Increased Effort

Travis Burdick

D. Greco

Positive Role Model, Constructive Attitude

Ryan Buskey

I. Bierer

Special Effort to Improve Attitude

Michele Cahill

H. Brownell

Class Participation

Damiene Denner

I. Bierer

High Standards and Helpfulness

Eli Eckert

G. Marshall

Exceptional Effort

Colby Foreman

G. Marshall

Exceptional Effort

Jacob Garlow

J. Luke

Improved Effort

William Hollebrandt

J. Luke

Cooperative

Helpful to Classmates

Chris Kimber

G. Marshall

Constructive Attitude

Ryan Siragusa

H. Brownell

Exceptional Effort

Krista Valletta

G. Holowka

Constructive Attitude

District Vocal Concert

the

Round

Art Show

All the chorus groups in the Elementary, Middle

and High School will perform

to celebrate Music

in Our Schools Month. There will also be an Art

Show with art work from all grade levels (K

12)

to celebrate

student Art Month.

MIDDLE SCHOOL MARAUDER

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Student of the Month Cont...

Jack Ankrom

D. Greco

Exceptional Effort

Brian Fitzgerald

S. Nellany

Teacher Assistant during Craft Club

Jared Gentile

6th Grade Team